I tried reconfiguration with ceni and it recognize the interface. So I can setup a static ip address, but still no link (eth0: link is not ready). Pinging the interface works but no other network device. This is clear because there is no link to the switch. Its like a deactivated interface.

Regarding the actual problem, I unfortunately can't help a whole lot, as I don't see any corresponding reports upstream nor can test it myself (only Intel 82541GI, e1000 here - working fine). A look through the complete dmesg output for unrelated (perhaps ACPI or MSI) messages might give further insight.

I myself have an e1000 (no e) interface on my Thinkpad and it works fine.

sidro

Post subject:Posted: 15.09.2010, 19:00

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ceni is very slow.

slh

Post subject:Posted: 15.09.2010, 19:05

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e1000e as a whole doesn't seem to be broken, not only does it work for dibl, I also see no relevant bugs upstream or elsewhere. However side effects of regressions in other subsystems (like I mentioned APCI and MSI support are prime candidates, among others) could impose subtile breakage on other drivers, like e1000e. Additional the exact chipset revision (lspci -nn | grep -i intel.*ethernet) would be interesting.

DeepDayze

Post subject:Posted: 15.09.2010, 19:16

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cge-nogo, why not post the output of lspci -nn | grep -i intel.*ethernet as slh mentioned. There could be a variant that's not known about.

Another thing to check is the cable. Is it firmly plugged in?

cge-nogo

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DeepDayze wrote:

cge-nogo, why not post the output of lspci -nn | grep -i intel.*ethernet as slh mentioned. There could be a variant that's not known about.